Thanks to Marcus Freeman, our long (48 hour) national nightmare is over. Brian Kelly sent shockwaves through the Notre Dame fan base and raised eyebrows around the country when he bolted South Bend for Baton Rouge on Monday. Once upon a time, the school known for glacially-paced background checks may have run a search for [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Five Wide Fullbacks where this week we are talking all things Brian Kelly. Nearly 12 full years with the program and gone on a plane to Baton Rouge after a brief meeting with the players, what a wild ending it's been to a long tenure for Kelly. We're going [...]
Can we skip awarding this year's Heisman Trophy? Can this year finally be the one where we award someone for the quality of their career? Don't get me wrong now, I'm usually a staunch defender of the Heisman process and avoid the too-cool-for-school criticisms that it's become a joke of an award. This year, though! [...]
In a sudden matter of minutes on Monday night, Brian Kelly was gone from Notre Dame. After nearly 12 full seasons the coach has decided to leave for LSU and what is reportedly a very large bag of money. We'll have more on his legacy in the coming days and weeks. Speculation on who will [...]
Well, that escalated quickly. Late this afternoon reports surfaced that LSU was targeting Brian Kelly as their next head coach, with athletic director Scott Woodward likely to make some type of godfather offer. While the details haven't emerged, it appears he found an offer that Kelly couldn't refuse. Sources: LSU is expecting to hire Notre [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. We hit the final weekend of the regular season. While some teams seemed to feast on the opportunity to end their seasons strong, some got their tryptophan later than usual, suffering some bad losses. Let's dive into it. Also Considered: Utah State, Air Force, Western Kentucky, Northern [...]
As expected, Notre Dame cruised to its 11th win of the season in the finale at Stanford in a game that was never seriously challenged. Into the late hours of Saturday night on the East Coast, the Irish played out the string to conclude a tough season from a personnel standpoint overcoming many obstacles and [...]
The game was almost beside the point Saturday as Notre Dame dominated Stanford 45-14 to move into the clubhouse at 11-1 in a season that against all odds will end as very much part of the College Football Playoff story. Coach Brian Kelly abandoned any pretense of being gentlemanly at the end of the game, [...]
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Of course, David Shaw has always been a villain to Notre Dame fans but as he's wrapping up his 11th season at Stanford the tide has inevitably turned on the coach as the struggles of the program have become more [...]
Notre Dame was nearly perfect in the 2021 home finale against Georgia Tech, scoring on every possession in the first half (with just one field goal) and shutting out the Yellow Jackets. The Irish continued to dominate inexperienced quarterbacks, and Jack Coan's recent run of passing efficiency hit levels Ian Book rarely matched against P5 [...]
Oh boy, is this gonna be a fun one... You may recall that we touched on some imperfections in the 28-3 suffocation of Virginia in last week's matrix update, and suggested that one shouldn't try too hard to find things to be upset about. Well, the Irish handled this week a little differently than last, [...]
Oregon and Michigan State get their doors blown off, Wake Forest is toppled by a resurgent Clemson, but that didn't stop your boy from having his best week of picks all season. I'm just gathering more information and getting better at this whole thing, right? There's no way this week's picks will flop! Before we [...]
Welcome back to the 18Stripes G5 Top 10. The week may have been slower than weeks past, it doesn't mean we don't have stuff to talk about. Let's dive into the action from the week that was. Also Considered: Army, Air Force, SMU, Utah St, UCF Week 12 Recap The Show Goes On We [...]
In some corners this summer Georgia Tech was thought to be a surprise team in the ACC. They tried like heck to beat Clemson earlier this year and blew out North Carolina the week after. Hey, alright now! However, most of those good vibes had been extinguished prior to this weekend's visit to Notre Dame [...]
What more could you ask than a 55-0 beating of an overmatched foe on Senior Day to clinch Notre Dame's 5th straight 10-win season? The Irish completely took over the game on Jack Kiser's pick-six to make it 10-0, and from there the only drama was how much action the senior reserves would get. Georgia [...]
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